The purpose of this article was to explore how might an interactive artifact

facilitate kickboxing acute stress relief for computer workers in home

environments. This thesis suggested an interactive kickboxing acute stress

relief system. This system employs an eye tracker to detect high acute stress

levels via the laptop camera and subtly display a half transparent red cloud

with kickboxing text in part of the screen to help increase awareness and

promote kickboxing. The user can then kick a pad under the desk while

sitting, or kick or punch pads on the wall while standing to interact with the

color of the cloud or LED bars, changing it from red to green and receiving

flashes when the set goal is completed. This design utilized an artificial

intelligence eye tracker and JavaScript code within an HTML context. Testing

results with users showed that the interaction was effective in facilitating

kickboxing acute stress relief for computer workers in home environments.